Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies; person appointed shall be U.S. citizen, etc.

Law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies.Provides that any person appointed to a law-enforcement civilianoversight body shall be a citizen of the United States, shall residein the jurisdiction that he is appointed to serve, shall not havea criminal record, and shall be required to complete (i) a Citizen's Law Enforcement or Police Academy with a basic firearms instructioncourse conducted by an accredited law-enforcement agency and (ii)one daytime and one nighttime ride-along with each agency that servesunder the authority of the locality. The bill requires at least twomembers of a law-enforcement civilian oversight body to have specialized knowledge in law-enforcement activities or operations. The bill providesthat a law-enforcement civilian oversight body shall not have theauthority to award or order financial restitution and requires theredaction of all personal identifying information for law-enforcementpersonnel from all public reports made by the law-enforcement civilianoversight body.